Opening of Dongdaemun-gu Self-Support Work Project 'CU Convenience Store Cheonggye Novelia Branch'

Dongdaemun-gu's First Enterprise-Linked Self-Support Work Project, ‘CU Convenience Store Cheonggye Novelia Branch,’ Opens on the 7th

Seoul Dongdaemun Regional Self-Support Center Operates with 8 Self-Support Work Participants… Potential to Transition into a Self-Support Enterprise

Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung)'s first enterprise-linked self-support work project, ‘CU Convenience Store Cheonggye Novelia Branch,’ held its opening ceremony at 10 a.m. on the 7th and officially began operations.

The enterprise-linked self-support work project is a market-entry type among the self-support work project groups. The Korea Self-Support Welfare Development Institute and BGF Retail, the operator of ‘CU,’ signed a business agreement, and the Seoul Dongdaemun Regional Self-Support Center (Director Byun Mi-sook) was appointed as the project operator.

BGF Retail provides support such as exemption from franchise fees and deposit guarantees, and the Seoul Dongdaemun Regional Self-Support Center operates the ‘CU Convenience Store Cheonggye Novelia Branch’ 24 hours a day, year-round, together with 8 self-support work participants.

This project is significant in that if its performance is highly evaluated in the future, it can be converted into a self-support enterprise allowing self-support work participants to directly participate in management.

After the opening ceremony, Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, encouraged the self-support work participants and spent time selling products together with them at the ‘CU Convenience Store Cheonggye Novelia Branch.’

Mayor Lee Pil-hyung of Dongdaemun-gu stated, “Self-support ultimately depends on individual will, and I hope that the enterprise-linked self-support work project, which is starting for the first time in Dongdaemun-gu, will develop further and realize true self-support,” adding, “We will actively support expanding and providing such good self-support opportunities in Dongdaemun-gu.”

The Seoul Dongdaemun Regional Self-Support Center provides jobs and social welfare services for low-income individuals with work ability, and based on the operation of 11 self-support work projects including one self-support enterprise, car wash business, and delivery business, it supports the independence and self-support of the working poor by providing stable jobs linked to employment and welfare for low-income residents in Dongdaemun-gu.